I just had to show you this picture of a Mogwaii butterfly throw with the climbing clematis dangling in front of it.
Something about it appeals to me a lot!
Lots of love
Sarah
Filed under: in my studio | Tags: Blinds, grass, leaves, Mogwaii blinds, roller blinds, roman blinds, samples. twig
Yesterday I was designing for a future collaboration with a much bigger blind company with a view to wider distribution and more extensive marketing.
The new designs are adaptations of the Grass, Twig and Strip blind but with a few changes and using a fantastic UK woven shetland wool tweed. I am loving the scrumptuous concoctions of fibre colours all mixed in to the yarns and the fabric is so soft and pliable. I know these designs are going to work really well when laminated and made into roller blinds. I’m itching to see the final effect.
While making up the samples it occurred to me that they would all go together to make a fantastic quilt. Who’d like a sample quilt? I’d love to make one.
Filed under: life on lismore | Tags: Bag pipes, Highland pipes, musical instruments
I have a hunch that every child is suited to a different instrument. We’re not all made for fiddle, flute or double base. Each instrument suits a different character…get it wrong and the child will eventually dig in the heals and resist big time. I did with the violin ..I’ve always found anything played on the e string painful. Tom, I think, is a blower…whether it’s trumpet, horn or bag pipes, he’s born to blow (a lot of hot air) and here he is proudly practising the Highland pipes. He’s still at a very early stage and I think you will probably be grateful for no accompanying sound clips.
Yesterday I spotted this inspirational bit of fencing while cycling back from the studio. I think a cow has gotten itchy and created it’s own , special felt balls. For some reason these haphazard quirks of nature appeal to my aesthetic sense and one day I’d like to incorporate something of this image in some work.
Cosy barbs!
Filed under: in my studio, latest news | Tags: cushions, eco cushions, eco textiles, environmental textiles, green design, interior design, low toxicity, One Eco Home
Recently I have been designing for a fabulous team of interior designers in London called One Eco Home. Their business is not only immensely creative but also ethical. I’ve been impressed and at times weary with their rigorous checks to make sure that all materials used in any design meet their high environmental standards. This has lead me to investigate the carbon footprint and chemical make up of all fabrics that I use and some more that I don’t but plan to in the future. Fortunately felt and pure wool melton has the ethical upper hand anyway in that it meets fire retardant standards without the use of any additional chemicals, also, it turns out that the dyes used are low in toxicity. Wey hey!
One Eco Home used two butterfly strip cushions in their latest show home interior. Here you can see them in context.
Our next project together will be for a show home in Cornwall, part of a new Green development.
Very exiting and I’ll keep you posted
Best wishes
Sarah
